Valencia P. Love is the long time friend of R. Kelly who posted his $100,000 bond to get him out of jail and now she’s speaking out on why she did it. Love is the owner of several Chicago restaurants and in a shocking twist of irony, she is also the owner of Lord And Child Daycare on the south side. Yes, the owner of a daycare center freed an alleged pedophile!

Chicago’s Fox 32 reporter Tia A. Ewing spoke to Valencia on why she posted the bail. The woman first cleared up that she did not use her money, nor R. Kelly’s own money on the bond. But she failed to reveal whose money it actually was. She went on to call Kelly a “gentleman” adding “As a friend, if he says he’s innocent, I can only believe he’s innocent.” Check out more notes from the reporter’s phone conversation with Love below.

#RKelly’s friend that bailed him out breaks her silence. I spoke with Valencia P. Love for 14 minutes. She says the singer isn’t broke and she didn’t use her $100,000 for Kelly to bounce from the county. Here are notes from our conversation by phone. @fox32newspic.twitter.com/CvTblkyT2j